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Hey all. I ran a search for disinfecting/disinfect/sanitize/etc... and didn't come up with anything. I obviously must be using the wrong terms. So here is the deal. I got an estate pipe but it hasn't been sanitized /Disinfected yet. using google I found a couple places that said isporopyl alcohol (at least 70%) some pipe cleaner and a ton of pipe cleaners is all you need.
So here is what I did. I went to work on the shank and bit with alcohol soaked bristle cleaners for quite some time. Then on to regular cleaners soaked in alcohol untl they camer out clean as a whistle. Then ran dry cleaners through the bit and shank to dry. Then used thick ones to pick up any remaining residue. All came out shiny and clean. After this I set the bit to soak fully submerged in alcohol (70%) for the night.This morning I took the bit out of the alcohol(which was a bit brown) but all the black funk was gone from the tip around the mouthpiece (the only place I couldn't really get too before)
After drying the bit and all that I dipped some pipe cleaners into a bottle of "Blitz Clean System* a cleaning liquid for pipes and ran them through the shank and bit.
first question is it says I can use it to clean and freshen the bowl as well. But should I do that?
So, BoBers, Is that disinfected?
You know, while I have you here what about cleaning the outside of the pipe. I've heard Extra Virgin Olive Oil and I can see that working on a smooth pipe but this one is rusticated (a castello sea rock briar) does that change anything? Also what do you use to clean your rusticated pipes?
So here is what I did. I went to work on the shank and bit with alcohol soaked bristle cleaners for quite some time. Then on to regular cleaners soaked in alcohol untl they camer out clean as a whistle. Then ran dry cleaners through the bit and shank to dry. Then used thick ones to pick up any remaining residue. All came out shiny and clean. After this I set the bit to soak fully submerged in alcohol (70%) for the night.This morning I took the bit out of the alcohol(which was a bit brown) but all the black funk was gone from the tip around the mouthpiece (the only place I couldn't really get too before)
After drying the bit and all that I dipped some pipe cleaners into a bottle of "Blitz Clean System* a cleaning liquid for pipes and ran them through the shank and bit.
first question is it says I can use it to clean and freshen the bowl as well. But should I do that?
So, BoBers, Is that disinfected?
You know, while I have you here what about cleaning the outside of the pipe. I've heard Extra Virgin Olive Oil and I can see that working on a smooth pipe but this one is rusticated (a castello sea rock briar) does that change anything? Also what do you use to clean your rusticated pipes?